13TH

Ava DuVernay

Opening Night · World Premiere · Ava DuVernay and special guests in person*

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Ava DuVernay

2016

USA

100 minutes

The title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States.” The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a work of grand historical synthesis. A Netflix original documentary.

Special Pricing:
$100 General Public – Alice Tully Hall (advance)
$75 Members & Students – Alice Tully Hall (advance)
$25 General Public – Alice Tully Hall (standby, at the door) and all other venues
$20 Members & Students –Alice Tully Hall (standby, at the door) and all other venues

*Alice Tully Hall screenings only

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